Item 08: Fred Harold Tomlins war diary, 19 January-28 April 1917 - Page 129

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[Page 129]

21-4-17
This afternoon Hop James Troop has been having some fun with Turkish Cavalry; taking it turn about chasing each other trying to draw each other within range of machine guns some shots were exchanged during the afternoon & several enemy saddles were emptied & prisoners taken. Taubes were very active all day & at 4 PM 3 of ours came out bombing & only two returned apparently he was brought down as we could see a big fire some miles away just as the other two returned. The pilot must have fired it after falling in the enemy lines she was a Martinsyde (one of our best) We were relieved by the 22nd MW Bde just before sundown & watered our

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